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| Aaaaah I loved this episode, it's a great series and that ending makes me want to re-read the manga all over again....probably will. I know there's a small special so ill try and watch that soon. Will definitely miss the voice actors for those great characters.... |
"You think your power has limits, I say it's limitless." |
| What a cute kiss! Felt that the pace was really quick, with some scenes that could've been made longer to make it feel more dramatic. But it was still a fun watch! Finally, Misaki is honest with her feelings. Looks like I gotta pick up the manga soon to get the rest of the story! |
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| For fuck sake... why do these romance anime never get completed?! This happened with Ao Haru Ride, Ouran High School Host Club, My Little Monster... so many! Guess this means I'll go read the manga. I enjoyed this anime for sure, but I have to admit that it's overrated; there wasn't much actual romance in it except for right at the beginning and right at the end. Also, I personally found Misaki quite annoying but Usui was awesome enough that he kinda made up for that. |
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| Yeah so I watched this last year and although this is nowhere near an anime that is a work of art, this one is one that is close to my heart and has a special place in my soul. Just randomly thought about this one day so I just wanted to put here how beloved this anime is to me. I was fully invested throughout; I treated these characters as though they were my family. Through all the ups and downs and then when we finally reach the end of it all and they kiss genuinely for the first time, that just got me dude, it hit hard. I’ve been rooting all this time for her to finally admit her love for her man, and when it happens, maybe I didn’t physically shed a tear but I bawled my eyes out on the inside. Never had fireworks in anime been so beautiful, and these were pretty low budget animated fireworks. This is one of the very very rare anime that has actually resonated in me for a few days, I didn’t want to watch anything else I didn’t want to do anything else I just wanted to see more. The manga has filled that void for me but hot damn I wish they continued it on. Not that it wasn’t a satisfying ending, I thought it was very suitable what they chose to end off with. At the very least, their feelings were confessed to each other. The soundtrack is so goofy yet so iconic, I will always remember maid sama whenever I hear anything remotely similar to it in sound. Anyway, I recovered from the extreme post anime depression this left me with after a couple of days, but never have I expected to get wrecked so hard by a fking anime. I have yet to watch one that moves me as much as maid sama did. Objectively speaking it’s nothing special of course. But to me it is, and I’m glad it is. |
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| Don't care what the haters say, I still enjoyed the show a lot. It's not exactly a masterpiece, but I liked the characters and were invested in their relationships, and that's enough for me to like a show. |
just rewatched the anime again for probably the nth time now. And I noticed these 2 characters Anyone has an explanation on them or are they just fillers like that? |
Just so we're clear, I'm a solo player. One or two days of being orange means nothing to me. — Kazuto Kirigaya |
| If fruits basket can get reboot. I still have hope that this can probably get a season two. |
| I personally can't figure out why this is rated as highly as it is. Anyone who runs around screaming and angry like Misaki will have a blood pressure of 240/190 making Takumi an utter masochist. Personally I was waiting for Misaki and Takumi to team up and beat the hell out of Hinata, which should have happened, but didn't. Even when Misaki and Takumi realize their love for each other, there was no real affection. There was absolutely no character growth throughout this Anime. We witnessed a year in the life of this couple who supposedly fell in love, yet even in the last moments they were treating each other like they did a year ago. No one learned anything. That's either very stupid people, or lazy writing. Asterisk War was a better love story than this. |
PKAmmoTroop said: I personally can't figure out why this is rated as highly as it is. Anyone who runs around screaming and angry like Misaki will have a blood pressure of 240/190 making Takumi an utter masochist. Personally I was waiting for Misaki and Takumi to team up and beat the hell out of Hinata, which should have happened, but didn't. Even when Misaki and Takumi realize their love for each other, there was no real affection. There was absolutely no character growth throughout this Anime. We witnessed a year in the life of this couple who supposedly fell in love, yet even in the last moments they were treating each other like they did a year ago. No one learned anything. That's either very stupid people, or lazy writing. Asterisk War was a better love story than this. Just seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes Maid Sama unique and, frankly, brilliant. Yes, on the temporal level, it's a shojo rom-com with two of the most perfect (unrealistically so) characters finding each other and, if you aren't paying attention and are used to genre tropes, it feels like nothing happened. Beneath all that, is a story about true love in it's simplest sense. To highlight that, the mangaka chose two perfect people, seemingly above the natural orders of life and clashed them together bringing to light their flaws in a way that otherwise wouldn't be noticed. Usui is bored with life, with his perfection, with everything - but Misaki comes along and it's the simple things, her smile, her laugh, her blush, it changes his life. Misaki is so determined to be strong and doesn't need a man (remembering her daddy issues here too) but finds herself continually relying on Usui and even WANTING to rely on him. To say there was no real affection is simply not true. Take episode 8 as an example, Usui pats Misaki's head softly to comfort her. Later, in episode 12, Misaki remembers how happy it made her feel and does the same to comfort her friend. THEN, in episode 14, Usui asks her to do something to him that she would like done to her - to which she pats his head softly. The intent here is obvious. The final episode alone showed their growth. Misaki admits her feelings that we all knew existed, that we all saw her struggle to contain, but her pride (see earlier) wouldn't let her admit. Usui similarly tells it how it is. None of these details are necessarily new but neither character would have brought them out earlier in the story (see episode 5/6 when Usui rolled back the kiss/confession as Misaki was not ready to hear it) Hinata, for all his warts, was instrumental in making it all happen. In episode 20 Usui admits he doesn't want to make things serious with Misaki, but soon when a rival appears he realises things can't stay as they are forever. As for Misaki, having someone else continually reference love and their feelings only made her realise she had someone already. That's growth, development and love in microcosm. That's Maid Sama and that's why it's rated as highly as it is. |
Darkbeat said: The final episode alone showed their growth. Misaki admits her feelings that we all knew existed, that we all saw her struggle to contain, but her pride (see earlier) wouldn't let her admit. Usui similarly tells it how it is. None of these details are necessarily new but neither character would have brought them out earlier in the story (see episode 5/6 when Usui rolled back the kiss/confession as Misaki was not ready to hear it) Hinata, for all his warts, was instrumental in making it all happen. In episode 20 Usui admits he doesn't want to make things serious with Misaki, but soon when a rival appears he realises things can't stay as they are forever. As for Misaki, having someone else continually reference love and their feelings only made her realise she had someone already. That's growth, development and love in microcosm. That's Maid Sama and that's why it's rated as highly as it is. I'm going to have to disagree. First, a 16-17 year old living alone in an empty apartment is far from "perfect," Usui had issues which I'm sure are addressed in the manga which I'm told goes well beyond college. But a teenager living alone and following a girl that shows no interest in him makes him a stalker. HOWEVER that does show growth in Usui, he turned his pervy wise-ass stalker vibe into real love. I feel that the anime wanted to show him as the perfect rich kid looking for his Cinderella I will admit, I don't understand all there is to understand about Japanese culture (I lived in Korea, their culture is really cool too but I never made it to Japan) but head patting? In my neighborhood that would have gotten you a black eye if you patted your girl on the head. "I ain't your DOG!" SMACK so I get cringy on head patting scenes Episode 20 showed a step, but a step isn't growth, Misaki could have easily rolled back her admission for any one of a dozen reasons just like Usui did in ep 5/6. (maybe he did it because it was too soon, maybe he did it because he's a jerk and was screwing with her head) SHOWING their relationship bloom would show growth. A nice dinner together at the Maid Cafe while the three idiots served they would have been perfect. As much as I want it to be a real admission of love on Misaki's part, the way it was presented made me feel like she was tired of it all and just wanted him to quit pushing himself on her. In my defense, I had just watched Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation before this and that was an emotional meat grinder which did a much better job of showing growth in a character. |
PKAmmoTroop said: Darkbeat said: The final episode alone showed their growth. Misaki admits her feelings that we all knew existed, that we all saw her struggle to contain, but her pride (see earlier) wouldn't let her admit. Usui similarly tells it how it is. None of these details are necessarily new but neither character would have brought them out earlier in the story (see episode 5/6 when Usui rolled back the kiss/confession as Misaki was not ready to hear it) Hinata, for all his warts, was instrumental in making it all happen. In episode 20 Usui admits he doesn't want to make things serious with Misaki, but soon when a rival appears he realises things can't stay as they are forever. As for Misaki, having someone else continually reference love and their feelings only made her realise she had someone already. That's growth, development and love in microcosm. That's Maid Sama and that's why it's rated as highly as it is. I'm going to have to disagree. First, a 16-17 year old living alone in an empty apartment is far from "perfect," Usui had issues which I'm sure are addressed in the manga which I'm told goes well beyond college. But a teenager living alone and following a girl that shows no interest in him makes him a stalker. HOWEVER that does show growth in Usui, he turned his pervy wise-ass stalker vibe into real love. I feel that the anime wanted to show him as the perfect rich kid looking for his Cinderella I will admit, I don't understand all there is to understand about Japanese culture (I lived in Korea, their culture is really cool too but I never made it to Japan) but head patting? In my neighborhood that would have gotten you a black eye if you patted your girl on the head. "I ain't your DOG!" SMACK so I get cringy on head patting scenes Episode 20 showed a step, but a step isn't growth, Misaki could have easily rolled back her admission for any one of a dozen reasons just like Usui did in ep 5/6. (maybe he did it because it was too soon, maybe he did it because he's a jerk and was screwing with her head) SHOWING their relationship bloom would show growth. A nice dinner together at the Maid Cafe while the three idiots served they would have been perfect. As much as I want it to be a real admission of love on Misaki's part, the way it was presented made me feel like she was tired of it all and just wanted him to quit pushing himself on her. In my defense, I had just watched Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation before this and that was an emotional meat grinder which did a much better job of showing growth in a character. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I personally find Maid Sama to have one of the sweetest, most genuine romances in anime - with some of the best payoff despite the manga not being fully animated. I find it weird you talk about how they don't show affection to each other - but are clearly a fan of FMP! Because yeah, you know how tsundere romance anime work. Maybe some day you'll rewatch and see more why Maid Sama is so beloved |
Darkbeat said: PKAmmoTroop said: I'm going to have to disagree. First, a 16-17 year old living alone in an empty apartment is far from "perfect," Usui had issues which I'm sure are addressed in the manga which I'm told goes well beyond college. But a teenager living alone and following a girl that shows no interest in him makes him a stalker. HOWEVER that does show growth in Usui, he turned his pervy wise-ass stalker vibe into real love. I feel that the anime wanted to show him as the perfect rich kid looking for his Cinderella I will admit, I don't understand all there is to understand about Japanese culture (I lived in Korea, their culture is really cool too but I never made it to Japan) but head patting? In my neighborhood that would have gotten you a black eye if you patted your girl on the head. "I ain't your DOG!" SMACK so I get cringy on head patting scenes Episode 20 showed a step, but a step isn't growth, Misaki could have easily rolled back her admission for any one of a dozen reasons just like Usui did in ep 5/6. (maybe he did it because it was too soon, maybe he did it because he's a jerk and was screwing with her head) SHOWING their relationship bloom would show growth. A nice dinner together at the Maid Cafe while the three idiots served they would have been perfect. As much as I want it to be a real admission of love on Misaki's part, the way it was presented made me feel like she was tired of it all and just wanted him to quit pushing himself on her. In my defense, I had just watched Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation before this and that was an emotional meat grinder which did a much better job of showing growth in a character. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I personally find Maid Sama to have one of the sweetest, most genuine romances in anime - with some of the best payoff despite the manga not being fully animated. I find it weird you talk about how they don't show affection to each other - but are clearly a fan of FMP! Because yeah, you know how tsundere romance anime work. Maybe some day you'll rewatch and see more why Maid Sama is so beloved Touche! I've rewatched this series twice and have gone back to review several scenes, only to find this anime even more endearing than the first time. One of the top romances. |
| I LOVE THE ENDING I STARTED CRYING AIGOWNAJGNAOIGLM |
| Last few episodes were enjoyable, ending is meh, I think this type of show isn't for me |
| Well of course we get that kiss in the last episode. At this point I'm just glad it's over. The show actually started off quite promising. Misa was hating the boys a bit too much, but still alright. Usui was actually quite funny in the first few episodes. But then he gradually got worse and worse... until he the beach episode where he overstepped more than one or two lines. He became more possessive by the episode and ruined Misa's day a bit too often for his selfish reasons. Doesn't help that he excels in everything he does, he literally cannot lose. Not even against people who are prodigies in their most passionate profession. He's basically as perfect and boring as superman, with the exception that he doesn't even have a weakness. I was used to the protagonist in a power fantasy harem anime being perfect at everything and people would usually complain about that, but I did not expect to see that in a shoujo anime as well. On the other hand the true protagonist, who was protrayed to be very capable of her own at the beginning, soon needed Usui for every little thing and became completely dependant on him. If I had not watched some actually good shoujo like "Ore Monogatari" I would think that every shoujo is as bad as this one was. 3/10 |
| The little girl and her baby sister looked exactly like Misa and her little sister, crazy. Misa finally confessed, its about damn time it only took 26 episodes. This was a good anime, it just dragged on for a little too long. It also repeated itself a little too much and was kind of obvious at times. Usui was a good character, the issue was Misa for being so stubborn and almost oblivious on purpose. There's no way she was that dense. |
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